Register of Texts of CONVENTIONS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW Volume I UNITED NATIONS New York, 1971
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Register of texts TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.. Page 1 CHAPTER I. INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS 1. Conventions and Similar Instruments 5 Convention on the Law Applicable to International Sales of Goods. The Hague, 15 June 1955 5 Convention on the Jurisdiction of the Selected Forum in the Case of International Sales of Goods. The Hague, 15 April 1958..... 9 Convention on the Law Applicable to the Transfer of Title in International Sales of Goods. The Hague, 15 April 1958....... 13 General Conditions of Assembly and Provision of Other Technical Services in connexion with Reciprocal Deliveries of Machinery and Equipment between Foreign Trade Organizations of Member Countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, 1962 17 General Conditions for the Technical Servicing of Machinery, Equipment and Other Items delivered between Foreign Trade Organizations of Member Countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, 1962.... 31 Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods. The Hague, 1 July 1964............ 39 Convention relating to a Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The Hague, 1 July 1964 64 General Conditions of Delivery of Goods between Organizations of the Member Countries of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, 1968............................. 78 2. Uniform Trade Terms Incoterms 1953. International Rules for the Interpretation of Trade Terms. Prepared by the International Chamber of Commerce.......... 103 International Rules for the Interpretation of the Terms "Delivered at frontier... (named place of delivery at frontier)" and "Delivered... (named place of destination in the country of importation) duty paid". Prepared by the International Chamber of Commerce...... 116 3. Draft Conventions and Similar Instruments Draft Convention on a Uniform Law on the International Sale of Tangible Personal Property. Prepared by the Inter-American Juridical Committee........................ 123
iv Table of contents Page Draft Uniform Law on the Contract of Commission on the International Sale or Purchase of Goods. Prepared by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law... 123 Draft Uniform Law on the Protection of the Bona Fide Purchaser of Corporeal Movables. Prepared by the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law..............., 124 CHAPTER II. INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS A. Negotiable Instruments 1. Conventions and Similar Instruments Treaty on International Commercial Law. Montevideo, 12 February 1889 (Arts. 26-34)......................... 127 Convention on the Unification of the Law relating to Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, and Uniform Regulation. The Hague, 1912 129 Bustamante Code. Havana, 20 February 1928 (Arts. 263-273) 151 Convention providing a Uniform Law for Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. Geneva, 7 June 1930............, 154 Convention for the Settlement of Certain Conflicts of Laws in connection with Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. Geneva,7 June 1930 181 Convention on the Stamp Laws in connection with Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. Geneva, 7 June 1930 186 Convention providing a Uniform Law for Cheques. Geneva, 19 March 1931............................, 192 Convention for the Settlement of Certain Conflicts of Laws in connection with Cheques. Geneva, 19 March 1931......... 214 Convention on the Stamp Laws in connection with Cheques. Geneva, 19 March 1931................. 220 Treaty on International Commercial Terrestrial Law. Montevideo, 19 March 1940 (Arts. 23-39)........... 224 2. Draft Conventions and Similar Instruments Draft Uniform Law for Latin America on Commercial Documents. Prepared by the Institute for Latin American Integration of the Inter-American Development Bank............. 227 B. Bankers' Commercial Credits Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1962 Revision). Prepared by the International Chamber of Commerce.. 229 Uniform Rules for the Collection of Commercial Paper. Prepared by the International Chamber of Commerce............ 239 C. Guarantees and Securities International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to Maritime Liens and Morgtages. Brussels, 10 April 1926.... 245 Bustamante Code. Havana, 20 February 1928 (Arts. 212-219, 278, 282), 252
Table ofcontents v Page Treaty on International Commercial Terrestrial Law. Montevideo, 19 March 1940 (Arts. 19-22)............ 254 Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft. Geneva, 19 June 1948................... 255 Convention on the Registration of Inland Navigation Vessels (Art. 15), and Protocol No. 1 concerning Rights In Rem in Inland Navigation Vessels. Geneva, 25 January 1965............... 262 International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to Maritime Liens and Mortgages. Brussels, 27 May 1967 268 CHAPTER III. INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION List of Conventions and other Instruments CHAPTER IV. INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION ON SHIPPING List of Conventions and other Instruments 277 283
Introduction The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) at its first session, in 1968, decided to establish a compilation of texts of conventions and similar instruments dealing with certain areas of the law of international trade. 1 At its second session, in 1969, the Commission specified the areas the Register would cover at this stage. The Commission requested the Secretary-General to publish the relevant texts of conventions and similar instruments in the fields of the international sale of goods, negotiable instruments, bankers' commercial credits, and guarantees and securities. The Commission also requested the Secretary General to include in the Register the titles and sources of instruments in the fields of international commercial arbitration and international shipping legislation. 2 Pursuant to a decision taken by the Commission at its first session, the Register, which is published in English, French, Russian and Spanish, sets forth the full texts of international instruments that are in a final form, but only a brief summary of proposed international instruments. Where no official translation exists, unofficial translations are included in the Register. In this connexion the Secretary-General expresses his gratitude to the Governments of Spain and of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and to the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance for providing the Secretariat with translations. The Secretary-General also thanks those authors who have kindly given permission for the use of their translations; the names ofthese authors are mentioned in footnotes to the respective translations. It is hoped that this publication will be useful in commercial practice and that it will also help to achieve the goal stated by the General Assembly when it established UNCITRAL, namely, the unification and harmonization of the law of international trade. 1 Report of UNCITRAL on the work of its first session, Official Records ofthe General Assembly, Twenty-third session. Supplement No. 16 (Aj7216), para. 60. 2 Report of UNCITRAL on the work of its second session, Official Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-fourth session, Supplement No. 18 (Aj7618), para. 189 E. 1
Chapter I INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS
1. CONVENTIONS AND SIMILAR INSTRUMENTS CONVENTION ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO INTERNATIONAL SALES OF GOODS 1 Done at The Hague, 15 June 1955 [Translation 2] The States signatory to this Convention; Desiring to establish common provisions concerning the law applicable to sales of goods; Have resolved to conclude a Convention for this purpose and have agreed on the following provisions: Article 1 This Convention shall apply to international sales of goods. It shall not apply to sales of securities, to sales of ships and of registered boats or aircraft, or to sales upon judicial order or by way of execution. It shall apply to sales based on documents. For the purposes of this Convention, contracts to deliver goods to be manufactured or produced shall be placed on the same footing as sales, provided the party who assumes delivery is to furnish the necessary raw materials for their manufacture or production. The mere declaration of the parties, relative to the application of a law or the competence of a judge or arbitrator, shall not be sufficient to confer upon a sale the international character provided for in the first paragraph of this article. Article 2 A sale shall be governed by the domestic law of the country designated by the Contracting Parties. Such designation must be contained in an express clause, or unambiguously result from the provisions of the contract. 1 The Convention entered into force on 3 May 1964. The following States have deposited theirratifications with the Government of the Netherlands: Belgium 29 October 1962 Denmark 3 July 1964 Finland 3 July 1964 France 30 July 1963 Italy 17 March 1958 Norway 3 July 1964 Sweden - 8 July 1964 The following States have signed the Convention: Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain. 2 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 510, p. 149, No. 7411 (1964). 5
6 Conventions and Other Instruments concerning International Trade Law: Volume I Conditions affecting the consent of the parties to the law declared applicable shall be determined by such law. Article 3 In default of a law declared applicable by the parties under the conditions provided in the preceding article, a sale shall be governed by the domestic law of the country in which the vendor has his habitual residence at the time when he receives the order. If the order is received by an establishment of the vendor, the sale shall be governed by the domestic law of the country in which the establishment is situated. Nevertheless, a sale shall be governed by the domestic law of the country in which the purchaser has his habitual residence, or in which he has the establishment that has given the order, if the order has been received in such country, whether by the vendor or by his representative, agent or commercial traveller. In case of a sale at an exchange or at a public auction, the sale shall be governed by the domestic law of the country in which the exchange is situated or the auction takes place. Article 4 In the absence of an express clause to the contrary, the domestic law of the country in which inspection of goods delivered pursuant to a sale is to take place shall apply in respect of the form in which and the periods within which the inspection must take place, the notifications concerning the inspection and the measures to be taken in case of refusal of the goods. Article 5 This Convention shall not apply to: 1. The capacity of the parties; 2. The form of the contract; 3. The transfer of ownership, provided that the various obligations of the parties, and especially those relating to risks, shall be subject to the law applicable to the sale pursuant to this Convention; 4. The effects of the sale as regards all persons other than the parties. Article 6 In each of the Contracting States, the application of the law determined by this Convention may be excluded on a ground of public policy. Article 7 The Contracting States have agreed to incorporate the provisions of articles 1-6 of this Convention in the national law of their respective countries. Article 8 This Convention shall be open for signature by the States represented at the seventh session of The Hague Conference on Private International Law.
Chapter 1. International Sale of Goods 7 It shall be ratified, and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. A record shall be made of each deposit of instruments of ratification, a certified copy of which shall be transmitted through the diplomatic channel to each of the signatory States. Article 9 This Convention shall enter into force on the sixtieth day following the deposit of the fifth instrument of ratification in accordance with the provisions of article 8, second paragraph. For each signatory State subsequently ratifying the Convention, it shall enter into force on the sixtieth day following the date of deposit of the instrument of ratification of that State. Article 10 This Convention shall apply to the metropolitan territories of the Contracting States as a matter of course. If a Contracting State wishes the Convention to be applicable to all its other territories, or to those of its other territories for the international relations of which it is responsible, it shall give notice of its intention in this regard by an instrument which shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The latter shall transmit through the diplomatic channel a certified copy thereof to each of the Contracting States. The Convention shall enter into force as regards such territories on the sixtieth day following the date of deposit of the abovementioned instrument of notification. It is understood that the notification provided for in the second paragraph of this article shall not take effect until after the entry into force of the Convention pursuant to article 9, first paragraph. Article 11 Any State not represented at the seventh session of The Hague Conference on Private International Law may accede to this Convention. A State desiring to accede shall give notice of its intention by an instrument which shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The latter shall transmit through the diplomatic channel a certified copy thereof to each of the Contracting States. The Convention shall enter into force as regards the acceding State on the sixtieth day following the date of deposit of the instrument of accession. It is understood that the deposit of the instrument of accession may not take place until after the entry into force of the Convention pursuant to article 9, first paragraph. Article 12 This Convention shall have a duration of five years from the date specified in article 9, first paragraph. This period shall begin to run as from that date even for the States which ratify or accede to the Convention subsequently. The Convention shall be renewed by tacit agreement for successive periods of five years unless it is denounced.
8 Conventions and Other Instruments concerning International Trade Law: Volume I Notice of denunciation must be given, at least six months before the expiration of the period, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, which shall notify all the other Contracting States thereof. The denunciation may be limited to the territories, or to certain of the territories, specified in a notification made pursuant to article 10, second paragraph. The denunciation shall have effect only as regards the State effecting it. The Convention shall remain in force for the other Contracting States. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, duly authorized by their respective Governments, have signed the present Convention. DONE at The Hague, on 15 June 1955, in a single copy, which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Netherlands and of which a certified copy shall be transmitted, through the diplomatic channel, to each of the States represented at the seventh session of The Hague Conference on Private International Law.
CONVENTION ON THE JURISDICTION OF THE SELECTED FORUM IN THE CASE OF INTERNATIONAL SALES OF GOODS 1 Done at The Hague, 15 April 1958 [Translation 2] The States signatory to the present Convention; Desiring to establish common provisions concerning the effects of the designation of a contractual forum in the case of international sales of goods; Have resolved to conclude a Convention for this purpose and have agreed to the following provisions: Article 1 The present Convention applies to international sales of goods. It does not apply to sales of securities, to sales of ships or of registered boats or aircraft, to sales upon judicial order. It applies to sales based on documents. For the purposes of application hereof, contracts to deliver goods to be manufactured or produced are assimilated to sales, if the party who assumes delivery is to furnish the necessary raw materials for the manufacture or production. The mere declaration of the parties, relative to the application of a law or the jurisdiction of a judge or arbitrator, is not sufficient to confer upon a sale international character in the sense of the first paragraph of this article. Article 2 If the parties to a contract of sale expressly designate a. court or courts of one of the contracting States as having jurisdiction to adjudicate disputes which have arisen or may arise from said contract between the contracting parties, the court thus designated shall have exclusive jurisdiction and any other court shall declare itself without jurisdiction, reservation made of the provisions of article 3. When an oral sale includes designation of the forum, such designation is valid only if it has been expressed or confirmed by a declaration in writing by one of the parties or by a broker, without having been contested. Article 3 However, if a defendant appears before a court of one of the contracting States which has no jurisdiction on account of the designation of a forum contemplated 1 The Convention has not entered into force. The Government of the Netherlands exercises the depositary function. The following States have signed the Convention: Austria, Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, Greece. 2 Translation in American Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 5, pp. 653-655. October 1956. Translator: Prof. Kurt Nadelmann. Reproduced with permission. 9
10 Conventions and Other Instruments concerning International Trade Law: Volume I in article 2, but which its own law permits to assume jurisdiction, he shall be deemed to have accepted the jurisdiction of this court, unless he has appeared either to contest this jurisdiction, or to safeguard goods attached, or in danger of being attached, or to have an attachment removed. Article 4 The provisions which precede do not constitute an obstacle to the jurisdiction of the courts of the contracting States for provisional or protective measures. Article 5 A judgment rendered in one of the contracting States by any court with jurisdiction under article 2 or article 3 shall be recognized and declared executory, without review of the merits (revision au fond) in the other contracting States, if the following conditions are satisfied: 1. the parties have been duly cited, or represented, or declared in default in accordance with the law of the State where the judgment was rendered, and, in case of a judgment by default, the defaulting party has had knowledge of the complaint in sufficient time to defend; 2. the judgment has become res judicata (chose jugee) and is enforceable according to the law of the State where it was rendered; 3. it is not contrary to a judgment already rendered, on the same subject matter, between the same parties, by a jurisdiction of the State where it is invoked, which has become res judicata (chose jugee); 4. it contains nothing contrary to the public policy of the State where it is invoked; 5. in the opinion of the court to which the request is made, the judgment is not the result of a fraud which the foreign judge was not asked to adjudicate; 6. under the law of the State, where the judgment was rendered, the certified copy thereof which is produced satisfies the conditions necessary for its authenticity. Article 6 When recognition and execution are refused definitively because the judgment does not fulfil the conditions set out under No. 1 of article 5, without fault on the part of the plaintiff, the agreement concerning jurisdiction contemplated in article 2 does not preclude the plaintiff from instituting a new suit for the same cause before the courts of the contracting State where recognition and enforcement of the judgment have been refused. Article 7 The present Convention applies as of course to the metropolitan territories of the contracting States. If a contracting State desires extension hereof to all its other territories or to those of its other territories for the international relations of which it provides, it shall notify its intention to such effect by a document which shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands. The latter shall transmit, by diplomatic channels, a duly certified copy thereof to each of the contracting States. Such declaration shall have effect as respects nonmetropolitan territories only in the relations between the State which shall have made it and the States which shall have
Chapter I. International Sale of Goods 11 declared acceptance thereof. The latter declaration shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands, which shall transmit, by diplomatic channels, a duly certified copy to each of the contracting States. Article 8 The Convention shall apply only to designations of forum made after its entry into effect. Article 9 Each contracting State, on signing or ratifying the present Convention, or adhering hereto, may make reservation as respects the application of treaties on recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in force with other States parties to the Convention. Article 10 Each contracting State, on signing or ratifying the present Convention, or on adhering hereto, may exclude from its field of application: (a) contracts considered as noncommercial by its national law; (b) contracts considered as installment sales by its national law. Article II The present Convention is open for the signature of the States represented at the Eighth Session of the Conference of The Hague on Private International Law. It shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands. A proces-verbal shall be made of every deposit of instruments of ratification, a duly certified copy whereof shall be transmitted, by diplomatic channels, to each of the signatory States. Article 12 The present Convention shall enter into effect on the sixtieth day from the deposit of the fifth instrument of ratification contemplated by article II. As respects each signatory State, subsequently ratifying the Convention, it shall enter into effect on the sixtieth day from the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification. In the hypothesis contemplated by article 7, paragraph 2, of the present Convention, it shall be applicable on the sixtieth day from the date of the deposit of the declaration of acceptance. Article 13 Any State not represented at the Eighth Session of the Conference of The Hague on Private International Law, may adhere to the present Convention. A State desiring to adhere shall notify its intention by a document which shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands. The latter shall transmit, by diplomatic channels, a duly certified copy to each of the contracting States. The Convention shall enter into effect, for the adhering State, on the sixtieth day from the date of the deposit of the act of adhesion.
12 Conventions and Other Instruments concerning International Trade Law: Volume I The adhesion shall have effect only in the relations between the adhering State and the contracting States which shall have declared acceptance of such adhesion. Such declaration shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands. It is understood that deposit of the act of adhesion may take place only after the coming into force of the present Convention pursuant to article 12. Article 14 The present Convention shall have a duration of five years starting from the date indicated in article 12 of the present Convention. This period shall commence to run from such date, even for States which shall have ratified or adhered hereto subsequently. The Convention shall be renewed tacitly every five years, in the absence of denunciation. The denunciation must be notified, at least six months before the expiration of the period, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands, which shall give notice thereof to all the other contracting States. The denunciation may be limited to the territories or certain of the territories indicated in a notification made pursuant to article 7, paragraph 2. The denunciation shall take effect only as respects the State which shall have given notice thereof. The Convention shall remain in effect for the other contracting States. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, duly authorized, have signed the present Convention. DONE at The Hague, the 15 April 1958 in a single copy, which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of The Netherlands, and of which a duly certified copy shall be transmitted, by diplomatic channels, to each of the States represented at the Eighth Session of the Conference of The Hague on Private International Law and to the States adhering subsequently.
CONVENTION ON THE LAW APPLICABLE TO THE TRANSFER OF TITLE IN INTERNATIONAL SALES OF GOODS 1 Done at The Hague, 15 April 1958 [Translation 2] The States signatory to the present Convention; Desiring to establish common provisions concerning the law governing the transfer of title in international sales of goods; Have resolved to conclude a Convention for this purpose and have agreed to the following provisions: Article 1 The present Convention applies to international sales of goods. It does not apply to sales of securities, to sales of ships or of registered boats or aircraft to sales upon judicial order or by way of execution. It applies to sales based on documents. For the purposes of application hereof, contracts to deliver goods to be manufactured or produced are assimilated to sales, if the party who assumes delivery is to furnish the necessary raw materials for the manufacture or production. The mere declaration of the parties, relative to the application of a law or the jurisdiction of a judge or arbitrator, is not sufficient to confer upon a sale international character in the sense of the first paragraph of this article. Article 2 The law governing the contract of sale determines as between the parties: (1) the time to which the seller is entitled to the products and fruits of the goods sold, (2) the time to which the seller bears the risks relating to the goods sold, (3) the time to which the seller is entitled to damages relating to the goods sold, (4) the validity ofclauses reserving title to the goods in the seller. Article 3 Subject to the provisions of Sections 4 and 5: The transfer to the buyer of title to the goods sold with respect to all persons other than the parties to the contract of sale is governed by the internal law of the 1 The Convention has not entered into force. The following State has deposited its ratification with the Government of the Netherlands: ltaly-24 March 1961. The following State has signed the Convention: Greece. 2 Translation in American Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 5, 650-653, October 1956. Translators: Prof. Willis L. M. Reese and Dr. Charles Szladits. Reproduced with permission. 13
14 Conventions and Other Instruments concerning International Trade Law: Volume I country where the goods were located at the time when a claim was made concerning them. The buyer, however, retains a title which has been recognized as belonging to him by the internal law of one of the countries where the goods sold were previously located. Moreover, in the case of a sale based on documents where the documents represent the goods sold, the buyer retains a title which has been recognized as belonging to him by the internal law of the country where he received the documents. Article 4 Whether the rights of an unpaid seller in the goods sold can be asserted against the creditors of the buyer, such as liens and the right to possession or ownership, particularly through an action of rescission or a clause of reservation of title, is governed by the internal law of the country where the goods sold were located at the time of the first claim or attachment concerning such goods. In case of a sale based on documents where the documents represent the goods sold, whether the rights of an unpaid seller to such goods can be asserted against the creditors of the buyer is governed by the internal law of the country where the documents are located at the time when the first claim or attachment concerning them occurs. Article 5 The rights which a buyer can assert against third persons who claim title or another real right in the goods sold are governed by the internal law of the country where the goods were located at the time of such claim. The buyer, however, retains any rights which have been recognized as belonging to him by the internal law of the country where the goods sold were located at the time when he was put in possession. In the case of a sale based on documents where the documents represent the goods sold, the buyer retains the rights which have been recognized as belonging to him by the internal law of the country where he received the documents, subject to the rights granted by the internal law of the country where the goods are located to third persons who are presently in possession of said goods. Article 6 Except for the application of paragraphs 2 and 3 of the preceding article, goods sold which are in transit in the territory of a country, or outside the territory of the State, are considered to be located in the country from which they were sent. Article 7 In each of the contracting States, the application of the law determined by the present Convention may be excluded on a ground of public policy (ordre public). Article 8 The contracting States have agreed to incorporate the provisions of articles 1-7 fo the present Convention in the national law of their respective countries.
Chapter I. International Sale of Goods 15 Article 9 The present Convention does not affect Conventions concluded or which may be concluded by the contracting States concerning the recognition and the effects of a bankruptcy declared in one of the States a party to such a Convention. Article 10 At the time of the signature or ratification of the present Convention or at the time of adhesion, the contracting States may reserve the faculty: (a) to restrict the application of article 3 to the rights of the buyer as against creditors of the seller, as well as to replace the words "at the time when a claim was made" by the words "at the time of a claim or an attachment"; (b) not to apply the provisions of article 5. Article II The present Convention is open for the signature of the States represented at the Eighth Session of The Hague Conference on Private International Law; It shall be ratified and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands. A proces-verbal shall be made of every deposit of instruments of ratification, a duly certified copy whereof shall be transmitted, by diplomatic channels, to each of the signatory States. Article 12 The present Convention shall enter into effect on the sixtieth day from the deposit of the fifth instrument of ratification contemplated by article 11, paragraph 2. As respects each signatory State, subsequently ratifying the Convention, it shall enter into effect on the sixtieth day from the date of the deposit of its instrument of ratification. Article 13 The present Convention applies as of course to the metropolitan territories of the contracting States. If a contracting State desires extension hereof to all its other territories, or to those of its other territories for the international relations of which it provides, it shall notify its intention to such effect by a document which shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The latter shall transmit by diplomatic channels a duly certified copy thereof to each of the contracting States. The present Convention shall enter into effect for such territories on the sixtieth day after the date of the deposit of the act of notification above mentioned. It is understood that the notification contemplated by paragraph 2 of the present article shall have effect only after the coming into force of the present Convention, pursuant to article 12, first paragraph. Article 14 Any State not represented at the Eighth Session of The Hague Conference on Private International Law may adhere to the present Convention. A State desiring